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Chapter 6 APWH

Words from the AP Upshur Glossary

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Ajanta Caves Caves in central India that are the site of marvelous early frescoes inspired by Hinduism and Buddhism.
Bakufu The military-style government of the Japanese shoguns.
Bushido The code of conduct of the samurai, or Japanese warriors.
Fujiwara clan The noble clan that controlled the government of Japan between the ninth and twelfth centuries.
Kali Wife of the Hindu god Shiva, she was both the cosmic mother and the goddess of destruction.
Kamakura shogunate The rule by members of a noble Japanese clan from the late twelfth to the mid-fourteenth century in the name of the emperor, who was their puppet.
Khmers The inhabitants of Cambodia; founders of a large empire in ancient Southeast Asia.
Krishna An important Hindu god who is an incarnation of the god Vishnu.
Neo-Confucianism An eleventh- and twelfth-century c.e. revival of Confucian thought. It became the accepted doctrine in China, Japan, and Korea.
Nicheren sect A Japanese sect of Buddhism founded by the monk Nicheren in the thirteenth century.
Puranas A collection of mythical stories about Hindu gods and goddesses.
Ramayana A Hindu text that illustrates important aspects of the religion; its heroes, Rama and his wife Sita, are worshipped as the embodiment of the ideal man and woman.
Samurai Hereditary warrior-aristocrats of feudal Japan.
Shintoism The indigenous religion of Japan, it was polytheistic and stressed the importance of nature.
Shiva An important member of the Hindu pantheon, along with his wife Kali (Durga). God of destruction and fertility.
Sui dynasty Ruled China from 581 to 618 c.e.; era of disunity that paved the way for the T´ang dynasty.
Vishnu A Hindu savior god who, through his nine incarnations, saves the world from destruction; in one incarnation he was Krishna, in another Gautama Buddha.
Yamato state The earliest known government of Japan; headed by the Yamato family.
Zen Buddhism The Japanese form of Ch´an Buddhism.
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